Snake yard
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Snake yard
City of Bergisch Gladbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 9 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 39 ″ E
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Location of Schlangenhöfchen in Bergisch Gladbach |
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 Residential houses in Schlangenhöfchen
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Schlangenhöfchen is a district in the Frankenforst district of Bergisch Gladbach .
history
Schlangenhofchen was a small farm that arose in the second half of the 19th century. At that time, a striking number of reptiles were allegedly observed in the area. In 1903 the Bergische Zünderfabrik was built here, initially employing 15 workers manufacturing electric mine detonators. It was a subsidiary of the Lustheide dynamite factory, which was owned by the Hamburg explosives company Kosmos. The latter was located on the site of the Consolidated Catharina II mine . During the Second World War , a prison camp with 60–80 mostly French prisoners of war was set up in Schlangenhöfchen.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, City History in Street Names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach City Archives, Volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 281, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5
- ↑ Refrath's explosive past, accessed April 30, 2015
literature
- Kurt Kluxen : History of Bensberg , Paderborn 1976, ISBN 3-506-74590-5
- Gerd Müller: Refrath, history of the districts of Bensberg-Refrath and -Frankenforst , published by Peter Bürling in collaboration with the city of Bensberg, 1974